Sharing is used to share an item, made by you, with a recipient. A student could for example ask the recipients for feedback.

When sharing an item:

• the person who shares the item stays the owner of the item;
• the recipient can see the item in the Explore screen;
• the recipients can see who shared the item with them;
• all the assessments and comments that are added to the item are immediately visible for the person who shared it;
• all changes are immediately visible for everyone with whom the item is shared.

More information over how to share an item can be found in the article How do I share an item from my ePortfolio .

Pushing is used to give an item to a recipient. The recipient sees the item like he made it and can change the settings and/or content freely.

When pushing an item:

• the recipient becomes the owner of the item, they receive their own copy of it;
• the recipient can see the item in the My Items screen;
• the recipient can not see who pushed the item;
• the person who pushed cannot see when the recipients make a change in the item.

More information over how to push an item can be found in the article How do I push an item from my ePortfolio.

Exporting an item is used to download files from your ePortfolio to your computer. When exporting a file to your computer, you create a Brightspace .zip-file of the chosen item and save it on your computer. This Zip-file contains the original item.

Importing (an) item(s) is used to upload files from your computer to your ePortfolio.

When importing/exporting an item:

• documents can be released, without pushing, by making an export of the documents;
• the imported items are from the person who imports them;
• the imported items are visible from the My Items screen;
• you can choose whether to make an export of just a few items or of the entire portfolio.

More information over how to share an item can be found in the article How do I share an item from my ePortfolio.